Minnesota WarriorsWinnebago, MinnesotaThe Warrior Report • Issue No. 1 • Summer 2026
Welcome, friends
What started as one youth volleyball team has grown into a community organization serving youth, veterans, individuals with disabilities, seniors, and families throughout Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa.
This summer brought milestones we once only dreamed about. They happened because volunteers, donors, families, and community partners chose to believe in what we could build together.
A dream becomes reality
The Minnesota Warriors purchased the former Winnebago school and began transforming it into a year-round home for athletics, inclusion, veterans, education, and community events.
If you have the ideas, we have the space.
Honoring service
We are honored to give Post 82 a permanent home inside the Warrior Center—a place where veterans can gather, connect, and continue their legacy of service to our community.
Everyone belongs
The Minnesota Warriors are now an official Special Olympics Minnesota delegation. This new chapter expands opportunities for athletes with intellectual disabilities to compete, build confidence, form friendships, and know they have a place where they belong.
A new way to stay connected
Explore our programs, follow Warrior Center progress, find upcoming events, volunteer, donate, and sign up for future issues—all in one place.
Explore the websiteWe’re just getting started
Whether you volunteered, donated, attended an event, partnered with us, or simply shared our story, you helped make this summer possible.
Together, we’re building a place that will serve our communities for generations.